New Scientist reported yesterday that the launch of an inflatable spacecraft, Genesis I, a prototype for a space hotel, has been delayed. It was to launch June 19th from Dombarovsky, Russia.
The company behind the project, Bigelow Aerospace (Las Vegas, NV), did not say why. Biegelow already owns a chain of hotels on Earth […]
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Space Hotel Launch Delayed
Published by June 8th, 2006 in Commercial Real Estate, Cool Buildings, Getaways, Vacation Properties and Weird News.You are looking at the Guinness World Record for Largest House of Cards, set by master card builder Bryan Berg. The 450 lb. replica of Walt Disney’s Cinderella Castle took a month to build. Bryan used 3,000 decks to construct the 14 feet tall by 14 feet square castle. More remarkable […]
NYC Public Pay Toilets: Pit Stops For A Pittance
Published by March 26th, 2006 in Hot News, Random Posts, Technology and Weird News.Marcel Duchamp, Fountain 1917
New York City, after many attempts to go, will finally leave something on the street. The relief will be in the form of 20 hi-tech potties from CEMUSA, makers of fine outdoor furniture. Twenty-five cents will buy you 15 minutes of private reading time. No word yet on the TP they plan […]
Moscow: Don’t Eat The Pink (or Yellow) Snow
Published by March 16th, 2006 in Random Posts and Weird News.Found this to be quite amusing. First, yellow snow falls on Russia’s Far East island of Sakhalin in February. Now a pink snowfall.
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Looking for a hot real estate market? This one’s been hot for the past 43 years and looks to keep on smoking for a hundred more. Located in central Pennsylvania (naturally), Centralia is the home of the world’s largest underground mine fire, burning since 1962.
Over 43 years and 40 million dollars later the fire still […]
